Career and Technical Education

Career and Technical Education programs prepare teachers for secondary, K-12, and post-secondary classrooms in the fields of business, marketing and distribution, health occupations, gainful home economics, industrial occupations, and off-farm agriculture.

Business, Computer, and Information Technology Education

1. The total number of credit hours at graduation may be greater for some students based on initial placement exams, transfer evaluations, individual curricular choices, and academic progress.
2. Certain courses fulfill multiple requirements. In consultation with advisors, students will be able to plan their curriculum more effectively.
3. Students must fulfill the necessary prerequisites for any given course or course sequence. See the Prerequisite and Co-requisite Policy in the University-wide Academic Policies section in this Bulletin.

This curriculum is designed to prepare students who expect to teach business subjects in K-12 and the junior college level in public and private schools. Subject area content and professional education content are combined with general education content in order to provide the student with a general education, a field of specialization, and professional training. Moreover, the curriculum aims to combine these elements in such proportions as to give students the balanced perspective of the relation that business education bears to education as a whole.

Prior to enrolling in Student Teaching (Student Teaching in Sec Ed 0384), BCIT students must have completed (with a 3.0 cumulative average) the business education, career and technical education, and professional course sequence requirements as well as academic specialization.

Career and Technical/Industrial Education

1. The total number of credit hours at graduation may be greater for some students based on initial placement exams, transfer evaluations, individual curricular choices, and academic progress.
2. Certain courses fulfill multiple requirements. In consultation with advisors, students will be able to plan their curriculum more effectively.
3. Students must fulfill the necessary prerequisites for any given course or course sequence. See the Prerequisite and Co-requisite Policy in the University-wide Academic Policies section in this Bulletin.

This curriculum leads to a B.S. in Education degree (with a specialization in teaching or technical training in industry). The courses taken satisfy requirements for state certification in career and technical education and for the degree and are available on a part-time basis.

General Studies, Professional Course Sequence and Core Requirements

Several restrictions and additions to the requirements listed above apply to students in this program.

1. All students must take English W104 (Writing for Business and Industry) as an additional writing and composition requirement. (3 s.h.)
2. All students must take Statistics C011 (Basic Quantitative Foundations for Business and Economics) as an additional mathematics requirement.
3. To meet the requirements in social science, all students must take Economics C051 (Macroeconomic Principles), and Sociology R064 (American Ethnicity). (6 s.h.)

Program Requirements

Career and Technical Education

Department

Course #

Course Name

Hours

RCI

CTE

0101

Principles of Career and Technical Education

3

CTE

0102

Teaching Strategies in Career and Technical Education

3

CTE

0103

Curriculum in Career and Technical Education

3

Education

0385

Student Teaching in Sec Ed/CTE

9

CTE

0315

0399

Credit By Examor
Supervised Work Experience

24

1-6

Subtotal

45-48

Note: Career & Technical Education 0399 is not required for students entering the program with appropriate occupational experience and who have passed the state's occupational competency test. Such students, who are matriculated and have completed 90 s.h. of acceptable coursework, may arrange to have up to 24 s.h. recorded toward their degree through payment of the required fees.

For certification in Industrial Education, there is an occupational experience and an occupational competency requirement. To become certified, the student must pass an Occupational Competency Examination (or the equivalent) and complete two years of occupational wage-earning experience beyond the time needed to learn the occupation.

Department

Course #

Course Name

Hours

RCI

Electives (Open)

3-9

Total Semester Hours

128

Marketing Education

1. The total number of credit hours at graduation may be greater for some students based on initial placement exams, transfer evaluations, individual curricular choices, and academic progress.
2. Certain courses fulfill multiple requirements. In consultation with advisors, students will be able to plan their curriculum more effectively.
3. Students must fulfill the necessary prerequisites for any given course or course sequence. See the Prerequisite and Co-requisite Policy in the University-wide Academic Policies section in this Bulletin.

This curriculum is designed to prepare students who expect to teach marketing subjects in K-12 and the junior college level in public and private schools. Subject area content and professional education content are combined with general education content in order to provide the student with a general education, a field of specialization, and professional training. Moreover, the curriculum aims to combine these elements in such proportions as to give students the balanced perspective of the relation that business education bears to education as a whole.

Academic Specialization

Department

Course #

Course Name

Hours

RCI

Accounting

0001

Principles of Accounting I

3

Law

0101

Law of Contracts

3

Marketing

W160

Consumer and Buyer Behavior

3

WI

Economics

C051

Macroeconomic Principles

3

English

W104

Writing for Business Industry

3

WI

Human Resources

0083

Organizational and Management***

3

Journalism

0226

Introduction to Marketing***

3

CTE

0390

Teaching Applications for Children

3

Subtotal

24

***Upper-division courses, plus the required marketing and business course(s) in the School of Business.

Certification Requirement

Department

Course#

Course Name

Hours

RCI

CTE

0101

Principles of Career and Technical Education

3

CTE

0102

Teaching Strategies in Career and Technical Education

3

Education

0384

Student Teaching in Secondary Education

9

Education

0388

Senior Seminar & Performance Assessment

3

CTE

0324

Cooperative Education

3

CTE

0330

Coordination Methods

3

CTE

0390

Teaching Applications for Children

3

CTE

0399

Supervised Work Experience

3

Marketing Education

0220

Product Information

3

Marketing Education

0221

Color, Design, and Fashion

3

Marketing Education

0222

Teaching Salesmanship, Advertising, and Display

3

Subtotal

39

Certification Programs

Cooperative Education

School personnel interested in supervising students in work-based settings in Pennsylvania must be certified in Cooperative Education. This certification covers a variety of work-based settings for secondary students including capstone programs, diversified occupations programs, shadowing experiences, work experience programs, internships, and job shadowing. The skill and knowledge included in this certification program also has application to post-secondary and adult settings.

Persons wishing to become teachers of cooperative education must make application to the program and provide information about their education and experiential backgrounds. Based on the information provided, a program of studies, which includes an internship, is prepared. Persons who enter this program holding a valid teaching certificate will work toward earning an "add-on" certificate in Cooperative Education, while others will work toward a "stand-alone" certificate. Persons wishing to enroll in this program should contact an advisor.

Career and Technical Certification Program

This curriculum, which is offered in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, is designed to prepare persons to teach vocational industrial subjects on the secondary, post-secondary, and junior college levels in public and private schools. Career and Technical Teacher Education courses may be taken on three levels: Certification, Undergraduate, and Graduate. Persons who have at least two years of work experience beyond the learning period in a trade, technical, or other selected occupation may prepare for certification to teach occupational subjects or related classes in secondary schools in Pennsylvania.

Certification students must apply and be admitted to the Industrial (Career and Technical) Education Certification Program. All certification students must meet the requirements for admission to the University. In addition, candidates must satisfy the departmental requirements for work experience and must have passed the required Occupational Competency Test. Students must also pass Praxis I computer-based tests before receiving the Vocational Intern Teaching Certificate. This program prepares the student for industrial teacher certification in Pennsylvania and, in general, is acceptable in other states. Work taken toward the certification objective may be applied to the undergraduate degree program. The courses are offered on a part-time basis for those who are employed on an Intern credential. Completing 18 semester hours of approved coursework and passing the occupational competency examination will permit the issuance of a Vocational Instructional I Certificate, which is valid for seven years.

Upon receipt of the Vocational Instructional I certificate, the student must complete an additional 42 s.h. of college work, earning a minimum of 6 semester hours of credit per year until the requirements for permanent certification (60 s.h. and three years successful teaching) are satisfied.